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Corel VideoStudio Pro X5

Corel's latest video editing package adds HTML5 output and screen capture to its unusual box of tricks

APC Smart-UPS 1500 LCD

If you're after a UPS device to protect a small business, it's worth paying a bit extra for this superb APC

Tripp-Lite SmartPro SMX1500SLT

Tripp-Lite's line-interactive UPS offers good value, if not outstanding performance

DrayTek Vigor 2850Vn

Small businesses will find this router offers some good features at a low price

Alienware M17x R4

Dell's gaming powerhouse features the first mobile Ivy Bridge processor. We find out how fast it goes

Motorola Motoluxe

Motorola aims to crack the budget market with its latest Android phone, but is the 4in screen enough to brush aside strong competition?

Western Digital My Book Live Duo 4TB

Western Digital touts its user-friendly cloud credentials with its latest NAS device, the My Book Live Duo 4TB

Qnap TS-412 Turbo NAS

Qnap takes the fight to Synology with this feature-packed, highly affordable four-bay NAS device

TP-Link SafeStream TL-R600VPN

This new IPsec VPN unit connects workers to the main office at an extremely low cost

Laptop bag reviews: nine tested

Most of us wouldn’t think twice about spending hours researching that next laptop purchase, but buying a bag to protect it and carry it around rarely receives...

Sony VAIO T Series Ultrabook review: first look

Sony's expensive VAIO Z Series is enough to send anyone weak at the knees, but today sees an equally slender stablemate vying for our affections. The VAIO T...

Revealed: the military standards and robots HP uses to test its laptops

It's not often the torture testing behind the latest laptops is laid bare for the world to see but, at HP's Global Influencers Summit in Shanghai, the firm...

Windows 8: multi-monitors and double standards?

I’m encouraged by reports that Microsoft has been working to improve multi-monitor support in the Release Preview of Windows 8 . Admittedly, the information...

Can you buy technology with a clean conscience?

Pitifully paid workers, weak environmental policies, supply chains that allow manufacturers to abdicate responsibility. Simon Brew asks: is it even possible to buy ethically sound technology?

The death of email

Teenagers are switching off email in their drives. Will it even have a place in tomorrow's workplace? Stewart Mitchell investigates

How to use Windows 8 Metro

Microsoft has completely revamped the Start screen for Windows 8 - here's our guide to its hidden features

30 best features of Windows 8

We reveal the pick of the hundreds of new features in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and a guide to the controversial new Metro UI

Why you have to be left in the dark on OS patches

Steve Cassidy examines the twisted logic of security patches

Is Microsoft mismanaging Windows on ARM?

Jon Honeyball has serious doubts about how Microsoft is handling Windows on ARM

Dealing with spam surrogates

Spammers posing as you can fill your inbox with bounced messages - here's what to do

Why 3G broadband can be better and cheaper than ADSL

Paul Ockenden is shocked to discover that 3G services can deliver faster data than ADSL - and for a fraction of the price

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Installing CyanogenMod on the Samsung Galaxy S II

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Transferring your iPhone or iPad to a new Mac

We reveal how to move your iOS device to a new Mac without losing your data

Migrating a PC onto a Mac with Parallels

Run Windows on a Mac with our step-by-step instructions for Parallels virtualisation software

BIOS guide: how to overclock your CPU

Darien Graham-Smith walks you through the process of overclocking AMD and Intel CPUs

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